Photo-sharing and hosting service that provides several ways to share your uploaded photos
Getting Started:
1. Create an account (Needed to upload and share own photos BUT can browse and download public photos without an account) NOTE: Flickr is part of Yahoo, so you may use your Yahoo ID if you already have one. If not, you will have to create a Yahoo ID.
2. Edit your Account Settings
Click on your name to access your account settings
Go through each tab and make all the necessary changes
3. Upload photos
Various ways to upload photos, start by uploading from the Flickr site
Make sure you have access to your photos from your computer
Log in to your Flickr account
Click on Upload Photos and Videos then choose photos or videos that are located on your computer and upload
Add titles, descriptions and tags to your photos
4. Organize photos
Batch Organize - "The Organizr" let's you manage and edit your photos as a batch
Create Sets - grouping your photos and videos around a certain theme
Create Groups - Public, anyone can join, Public, invitation only, Private - cannot be made public later - to SHARE content and discussion that focuses on a particular theme. Each group has a pool for photos and/or video and a discussion board. NOTE: Always make sure there isn't a group already focused on your content.
Using Flickr in the Classroom Flickr for Education - Group on Flickr
Use anytime visual images are required for a project
Flickr
Photo-sharing and hosting service that provides several ways to share your uploaded photos
Getting Started:
1. Create an account (Needed to upload and share own photos BUT can browse and download public photos without an account)
NOTE: Flickr is part of Yahoo, so you may use your Yahoo ID if you already have one. If not, you will have to create a Yahoo ID.
2. Edit your Account Settings
3. Upload photos
4. Organize photos
Using Flickr in the Classroom
Flickr for Education - Group on Flickr
Use anytime visual images are required for a project
- Digital Storytelling projects
- Motivational Posters
- Illustration of concepts
With Movie Maker projectsUse in blogs
Virtual Field Trip
Digital Portfolios
Intellectual Property Rights Discussion
Slide shows
With Google Earth for Geography
Flicktion - http://www.teach42.com/2005/07/11/a-work-of-flicktion/ (Upload photos and have your students comment on them with a little bit of "fiction"
Writing prompts
Project 365 - a photo a day for an entire year - http://photojojo.com/content/tutorials/project-365-take-a-photo-a-day/ (Can be adapted for your classroom)
Spell with Flickr
Flickr Tour - http://www.flickr.com/tour/
Flickr Tutorials - http://www.flickrbits.com/docs/#started
Other Tutorials, Troubleshooting, Tips and Tricks - http://www.recipester.org/Topics/Flickr
Search Flickr
flickrCC
FlickrStorm
Simple CC flickr Search